Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick [HQ] (CC)
“Your Latest Trick“ is a song by Dire Straits, the fourth track on their fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms (1985). It was released as the album's fifth and final single in April 1986. It later appeared on the live album On the Night; the same live version is on Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits. The full-length studio album version was included on the most recent compilation The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations.
Randy Brecker played the trumpet intro on the CD version, but it is missing on the vinyl version. After that, there is a saxophone intro, played by Michael Brecker, who also plays the saxophone solo. Chris White played the saxophone part on the live version on the Brothers in Arms and On Every Street world tours.
According to Classic Rock critic Paul Rees, the song was originally done at a faster, jazzier tempo, but Dire Straits' manager Ed Bicknell suggested slowing it down to the “stately bossa nova“ that was released.
Rees rated “Your Latest Trick“ to be Dire Straits' 10th greatest song, saying that it “stirs up the humid, smoky atmosphere of a Latino cantina at midnight.“ Cash Box described the song as “bittersweet“ and said that it has hints of Tina Turner's song “Private Dancer,“ which was written by Knopfler and originally intended for Dire Straits' previous album Love over Gold.
Credits:
Bass, Vocals - John Illsley
Drums - Omar Hakim, Terry Williams
Guitar, Lead Vocals - Mark Knopfler
Keyboards - Alan Clark
Keyboards, Vocals - Guy Fletcher
Trumpet - Randy Brecker
Saxophone - Michael Brecker
Producer - Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman
Songwriter - Mark Knopfler
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Lyrics:
All the late night bargains have been struck
Between the satin beaus and their belles
Prehistoric garbage trucks
Have the city to themselves
Echoes and roars dinosaurs
They're all doing the monster mash
And most of the taxis, most of the whores
Are only taking calls for cash
I don't know how it happened
It all took place so quick
But all I can do is hand it to you
And your latest trick
Well, now my door was standing open
Security was laid back and lax
But it was only my heart got a broken
You must have had a pass key made out of wax
You played robbery with insolence
And I played the blues in twelve bars down in Lover's Lane
And you never did have the intelligence to use
The twelve keys hanging off from my chain
I don't know how it happened
It all took place so quick
But all I can do is hand it to you
And your latest trick
Well, now it's past last call for alcohol
Past recall has been here and gone
The landlord he finally paid us all
The satin jazzmen have put away their horns
And we're standing outside of this wonderland
Looking so bereaved and so bereft
Like a Bowery bum when he finally understands
The bottle's empty and there's nothing left
I don't know how it happened
It was faster than the eye could flick
But all I can do is hand it to you
And your latest trick